Current and Emerging Surgical Therapies for Severe Pediatric Epilepsies.
Published
Journal Article (Review)
The use of epilepsy surgery in various medically resistant epilepsies is well established. For patients with intractable pediatric epilepsy, the role of intracranial electrodes, resective surgery, hemispherectomy, corpus callosotomy, neurostimulation, and multiple subpial transections continues to be very effective in select cases. Newer treatment and diagnostic methods include laser thermal ablation, minimally invasive surgeries, stereo electroencephalography, electrocorticography, and other emerging techniques. This article will review the established and emerging surgical therapies for severe pediatric epilepsies, their respective indications and overall efficacy.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Muh, CR
Published Date
- May 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 23 / 2
Start / End Page
- 143 - 150
PubMed ID
- 27544471
Pubmed Central ID
- 27544471
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1558-0776
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.spen.2016.05.005
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States